Rolls Royce
JobDescription
Field-programmablegate array ( FPGA) Engineer
FullTime
Glasgow
WhyRolls-Royce?
Oursubmarines business is responsible for the design, manufacture,supply and through-life support of nuclear propulsion-relatedproducts and systems in support of the Royal Navy’s submarinefleet. You can find out more about the amazing projects that we areworking onhere .
Tosustain our capability and products for the next 50 years, we areengaged in an active programme of research and development intocontrol system technologies of the future. We are also leading thedevelopment of industrial process control systems for a range ofin-house advanced manufacturing techniques and chemical processesused to build our reactor cores andcomponents.
Arole within Submarines will offer you the opportunity to workacross all phases of the product life cycle, solving technicalchallenges across a wide range of digital, software, programmablehardware and electronics technologies, systems, and applications.You will be able to build the career you desire as an engineer,technical specialist, or technical leader. We want you to maximiseyour potential and will support your technical development throughcoaching, experience, and training. This will include professionalmentoring to start your journey towards becoming a charteredengineer or to continue your professionaldevelopment.
AboutThe Role:
Youwill work within our safety critical firmware development teamacross all design phases of the firmware lifecycle. The teamuses agile SCRUM methods to develop high integrity firmwareapplications adopting the latest state-of-the-art toolsets. Training will be provided where required to equip you with theskills necessary to develop requirements, architectures, designsand HDL code for controls firmware applications essential for theprotection and monitoring of nuclear propulsionplant.
Inaddition, you will be engaged in the development of bespokesoftware toolsets in support of the deliverable equipment firmware.The applications you will be involved in are leading-edge solutionsaddressing the challenges of meeting the highest safety integrityrequirements. Within the firmware team there are opportunities todevelop your career in technical management, team leadership or asa technical specialist. The team offers the opportunity to becomean expert in the use of state-of-the-arttoolsets.
Weoffer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptionalbenefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance andemployeediscounts.
Joinus and we’ll provide an environment where you can be yourself. Aninclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you aplatform for continuous learning, and access to an incrediblebreadth and depth of opportunities to grow yourcareer.
Yourneeds are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is away in which our people can balance their time between the office,home or another remote location. It’s a locally managed andflexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’reall expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and otherspecific reasons, on average three days perweek.
Whatyou will bedoing:
Youwill follow a DevOps-based firmware development lifecycle todeliver customer requirementsby:
- Developinghigh-level firmware requirements usingDOORS
- Creatingarchitecturaldesigns
- Defining lowlevel requirements and detaileddesigns
- Writing VHDLand Verilog HDL code using SigasiStudio
- Simulating HDLdesigns at unit, integration and system level using Mentor GraphicsQuestaSIM
- Undertakingsynthesis, place and route and static timing analysis usingSynopsis Synplify, targeting XilinxFPGAs
- DevelopingPython scripts for processautomation
- Operatingcontinuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)toolsets
- Managingchange control and configuration management usingGIT
- You will beengaged in problemsolving,
- You will berequired to demonstrate process adherence and solutioncorrectness,
- You willbe expected to engage in continued improvement of our firmwaredevelopment process, for cost and timescale reduction and qualityimprovement,
- You willsupport process and technicalaudits,
- You willliaise with the Software, Systems and Electronicsteams,
- You will managesuppliers, including scoping packages of work and reviewing theirdeliveries.
Whowe are lookingfor:
AtRolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration andseek simplicity in everything we do. These principles formour values and behaviours and are an essential component of ourassessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek forall roles.
To besuccessful in this role you will needto:
- Qualifiedto Degree, or HND level : In Electronics Engineering, ComputerScience, or relateddiscipline,
- Self-motivatedand enthusiastic to become familiar with new techniques andtools,
- Experienced andtalented programmable hardwareengineer.
- Experiencedin digital electronicsdesign,
- Experienced inprogrammable logic devicedesign,
- Experienced inreal-timesystems
- Awareness ofsafety-critical development constraints (e.g.IEC62566)
BehaviouralCompetencies
- Customerfocus
- Prioritysetting
- Interpersonaland communicationskills
- Conflictmanagement
- Timelydecisionmaking
- Planning andorganising own and others’work
- Dealing withambiguity
We’rean equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing adiverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believethat people from different backgrounds and cultures give usdifferent perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the moresuccessful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect andappreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity torealise their fullpotential.
Youcan learn more about our global inclusion strategy at
Towork for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check(SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Roycewill support the application for Security Clearance if you don’tcurrently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work thebusiness conducts and the protection of certain assets, you musthold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additionalscrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work withRRSL.
JobCategory
Electrical andElectronics
PostingDate
06 Nov 2024;00:11
Posting EndDate
12 Nov 2024
